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RE: Creating eCos flash application image for AT91EB40aRedboot
- From: Øyvind Harboe <oyvind dot harboe at zylin dot com>
- To: "'Gary D. Thomas'" <gary dot thomas at mind dot be>
- Cc: "'eCos Discussion'" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 06:30:03 +0200
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] Creating eCos flash application image for AT91EB40aRedboot
> > These are good explanations why it isn't technically
> straightforward
> > to implement a pervasive robust serial->flash programming option to
> > the Redboot load command.
> >
> > >From a product point of view it is nice, as we have been able
> > to in the past, to launch any terminal program, type in
> > a single command, upload a single file and reset the
> > unit. Poof done!
>
> Which, by the way, is completely feasible today with the
> command set already in RedBoot, including such esoterics as
> connecting via telnet, etc.
I only have a serial port.
Can I telnet through the serial port?
> > This avoids dependency on a custom app to do all these
> steps for the
> > user. With 64k chunks and 2MB flash, it can't be done manually.
> >
> > Currently I believe the best option is to write a custom upload app
> > and leave Redboot be. We use Java on the desktop side of things, so
> > supporting a couple of platforms is doable.
> >
> > Once my eCos superpowers reach their prime, I may attempt to add a
> > robust "load directly to flash" option to Redboot. :-)
> >
>
> As I said before, you have the source so feel free.
Love it! :-)
Øyvind
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